Tag: American Indie Film
Club Kid | 2026 London BFI Film Festival Review
Sex, Drugs & Unexpected Parenting: Firstman’s Debut Creates an Entirely New Space for the Coming-of-Age Genre
First influencer, then actor, now filmmaker—the pipeline is well...
Artificial | 2026 London BFI Film Festival Review
The End of The World as we Know it: Guadagnino Creates a Thrilling Portrait of the Losers who Will Kill us All
It’s all over...
Primetime | Review
The Catcher in the Sty: Oppenheim Skewers Hack Journalist
It’s perhaps fortuitous for Lance Oppenheim’s narrative debut Primetime, which charts the brief but meteoric run...
Ha-chan, Shake Your Booty! | Review
Strictly Soft Gloom: Wladyka's Bereft Bliss Puts Spotlight on Rinko Kikuchi
Healing comes in baby steps — and dance steps in Josef Kubota Wladyka’s warm...
Magazine | 2026 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review
Not Worth The Subscription: Pechman’s Debut Flips Through The Familiar Pages Of Coming-Of-Age Stories
Since the dawn of the Gutenberg press, the literary world has...
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother | Review
Holy War: Mahershala Ali Unleashes Fatherly Vengeance
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother is an ambitiously rich, arthouse flavored action film that marks a step...
The Debut | 2026 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review
A Star Is Reborn: Julianne Moore Powers Jesse Eisenberg’s Latest With Peanuts & Monkey Blood
Dreams of stardom can strike like lightning at any time....
Company | 2026 Venice Film Festival Review
Let the White One In: Affleck Can’t Satisfy the Hunger
Like many actors who doggedly pursue a parallel career as film directors, Casey Affleck manages...
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma | Review
The Story of O: Schoenbrun Approaches the Horrific Desire Inside Us All
The inextricable union of victim, victimizer, and witness becomes a metatextual balancing act...
The Man I Love | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review
It is Seldom That a Dream Comes True: Sachs Sends Regard with Poignant Elegy
In the realm of contemporary queer auteurs, there isn’t anyone quite...
Paper Tiger | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review
In the Forests of the Night: Gray Frames Fearful Symmetry
Had James Gray been prolific during the glory days of New Hollywood from the late...
Erupcja | Review
Sympathy Is A Knife: Charli xcx Shines In This Snapshot Of Falling Out Of Love
In 1927, The New York Times declared that Warsaw had...
Queen at Sea | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review
(Get) Away From Her: Hammer Returns with Elder Ethical Dilemma
It’s been nearly twenty years since Lance Hammer’s 2008 debut Ballast announced a major new...
At the Sea | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review
Days of Wine and Poses: Mundruczo Dances Around the Trauma
Hungarian filmmaker Kornél Mundruczó aims to repeat the critical acclaim following his Academy Award nominated...
Father Mother Sister Brother | Review
Terms of Estrangement: Jarmusch’s Amusing Triptych on Familial Labors
If each unhappy family is unhappy in their own way, there are still a wide variety...
Jay Kelly | Review
It’s a Non-Refundable Life: Baumbach Explores the Sacrifices of Fame
George Clooney headlines what could be interpreted as an approximation of his own experiences in...
Die My Love | Review
Images of Yellow Wallpaper: Ramsay Charts a Psychotic Break
For her first narrative feature in eight years, Lynne Ramsay returns with Die My Love, based...
The Mastermind | Review
Thieves Like Us: Reichardt Wanders with an Inscrutable Slacker
Abstract paintings are not the only undefined objects in The Mastermind, the latest from Kelly Reichardt,...
Blue Moon | Review
The Unbearable Lightness of Seeing: Linklater Pays Homage to a Broken Hart
Lorenz Hart was a lonely hunter. If you believe you haven’t heard of...
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You | Review
You’ll Like My Mother: Bronstein Lets Us Feel the Byrne
Motherhood approaches the verge of the horrific in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,...
The Smashing Machine | Review
Raging Lull: Safdie Pays Homage to a Trailblazer
The ultimate purpose of The Smashing Machine, the latest film from Benny Safdie, is to give credit...
No Sleep Till | Review
Eye of the Norm: Simpson Looks at Coastal Coasting with Minimalist, Passive POV
There is a new breed of emerging American indie filmmakers who are...
Eddington | Review
No Country for Smart Men: Aster Satirizes the Obvious
It would seem all is actually for naught in Eddington, Ari Aster’s sprawling, meandering fourth and...
The Phoenician Scheme | Review
Much Ado About Fussing: Anderson Spills More Twee
The Wes Anderson devotee cult has been searching for a way to justify his cinematic sainthood following...
Eephus | Review
Diamonds Are Not Forever: Lund Looks Beyond America's Favorite Pastime
Even with a full count of three balls and two strikes, it may seem...
Nosferatu (2024) | Review
Basic Instincts: Eggers Taps Into the Bloodlust with Vampy Remake
It would seem there’s no one more fitting than Robert Eggers to mount a remake...
Babygirl | Review
Fuck Like No One’s Watching: Reijn Delivers Prudent & Provocative Sexual Odyssey
“There is to my mind no doubt that the concept of beautiful had...
Nickel Boys | Review
No Country for Black Men: Ross Reforms the Cinema with Distinctive Adaptation
In many ways, Nickel Boys, the narrative debut from director RaMell Ross,...
Taste The Revolution | 2024 Red Sea Intl. Film Festival Review
Revolution Summer: Klein Unearths A Political Satire Over 20 Years In The Making
Making a movie is all about timing. If you’re lucky, you get...
Oh, Canada | Review
Pieces of a Man: Schrader Explores Atonement in Toned Down Adaptation
Throughout his illustrious career as a director and screenwriter, Paul Schrader has specialized in...
Nightbitch | Review
All About My Mother: Amy Adams Goes to the Dogs In Marielle Heller’s Barking Mad Dramedy
“Motherhood is fucking brutal,” Amy Adams’ unnamed Mother seethes...
Anora | Review
Fools Russia In: Baker’s Bangin’ Screwball Comedy
At this point in his career, filmmaker Sean Baker seems to have covered all the major facets of...
Megalopolis | Review
Atlas Farted: Coppola’s Labor of Love a Lackluster Saga
While he’s one of the greatest film directors of all time, mostly thanks to a handful...
A Different Man | Review
The Face of Another: Schimberg Scrutinizes the Pratfalls of Face Value
Those familiar with his 2018 sophomore film Chained for Life will likely notate director...
MaXXXine | Review
A Touch of Minx: West Concludes Ersatz ‘Trilogy’ with a Moan
It’s an impressive endeavor to unleash three consecutive, thematically related films within the span...
Kinds of Kindness | Review
Bounds of Boundaries: Lanthimos Entertains Himself with Bizarre Triptych
It’s safe to say Yorgos Lanthimos has undoubtedly entered the oblivious, self-indulgent era of his career...
Thelma | Review
Grandma Scamma: Margolin Steals a Win with Squibb
Although there’s a prodigious sub-genre of kooky comedies featuring elderly resilient women (though more often in European...
Maestro | Review
The Music Man: Coopers Conducts Intimate Portrait of Leonard Bernstein
For his sophomore directorial effort, Bradley Cooper maneuvers once again with music in Maestro, an...
May December | Review
Tarnished Angels: Haynes Curates a New Dazzling Cult Classic
Had Brian De Palma been keen on rehashing Douglas Sirk instead of Hitchcock, he might have...
Manodrome | Review
Wrecked Ralph: Trengove Gazes into the Weaponization of Masculinity in Unsettling Character Study
Playwright and activist Eve Ensler commented on a 2017 panel regarding how...
The Killer | Review
Assassin’s Creed: Fincher Sculpts More Murder Into Art
There’s simply no room for error in some professions, chief among them the business of expert assassins,...
Priscilla | Review
La Belle Captive: Coppola Pays Homage to America’s Archetypal Child-Bride
Priscilla Beaulieu Presley published her memoir Elvis & Me in 1985, which spawned a 1988...
Fingernails | Review
Science Can’t Contain True Love In Nikou’s Charming & Romantic English Language Debut
Big Data and artificial intelligence are already reshaping how we think about...
She Came to Me | Review
Guilty of Romance: Miller Weaves a Wacky and Disarmingly Charming Love Tapestry
To those who think the possibilities of heartfelt romantic comedies dried up in...
The Beanie Bubble [Video Review]
Producers: Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Karen Lunder
Executive Producers: Zach Galifianakis, Douglas S. Jones
Directors: Kristin Gore and Damian Kulash, Jr.
Writer: Kristin Gore.
Director of Photography: Steven...
Asteroid City | Review
The Lost City of Twee: Anderson Continues Quest of Counterfeit Sentiments
Somewhere along the way, over the past twenty years, Wes Anderson’s style completely...
Past Lives | Review
Tell Me That You Love Me, Nora Moon: Song Explores Destiny and Longing in Potent Debut
Romance cut short before it reaches full bloom is...
Master Gardener | Review
That Shall He Also Reap: Schrader Sows the Seeds of Fate with Metaphorical Blossoms
The seeds of hate are sown the same as seeds of...
Somewhere in Queens | Review
Sticks and Stones: Romano’s Lovable Directorial Debut
Ray Romano’s first foray into acting-directing, Somewhere in Queens, is an uproarious family drama more akin to Little...
Showing Up | Review
Bird is the Word: Reichardt Returns with Warm Portrait of Art and Ennui
To some it may seem too slight and to others just right,...
